Maa ki dal (black lentil dal)
This is – if you didn’t grown up with it – surprising at first.
Keywords
- Indian food
- Vegetarian
- Diana Henry
- Healthy food
- Food and drink
- Store-cupboard recipes
- Recipe
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Ingredients
- 325g sabut urad (whole black lentils)
- 2 tsp chilli powder
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 bay leaves (Indian bay leaves if you can get them)
- ½ cinnamon stick
- 2 tsp ground cumin seeds
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1½ tsp garam masala
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
- 75ml single or double cream (optional)
- 50g unsalted butter
- 20g ginger, peeled and very finely shredded
- small bunch of fresh coriander, roughly chopped
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